Pnom Penh
Americannoun
noun
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The United States on Sunday said it was “deeply saddened and concerned” by the murder of Kem Ley, a prominent Cambodian political commentator and activist, in the capital Pnom Penh hours earlier.
From Time • Jul. 11, 2016
The statuary was then smuggled back to Pnom Penh by riverboat.
From Time Magazine Archive
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So the citizens, who could no longer get food with money, went from one farming village to another in search of food, and the capital of Pnom Penh immediately became a ghost town.
From Down with the Cities by Nakashima, Tadashi
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